Features of the craft production in Chanhudaro:
(i) It was exclusively devoted to craft production, including bead-making, shell-cutting, metal-working, aeal-making and weight-making.
(ii) The variety of materials used to make becads was-stones like carnelian, jasper, crystal, quartz and steatite, metals like copper, bronze and gold, faience and terracotta or burnt clay.
(iii) Some beads were made of two or more stones, cemented together or with gold caps.
(iv) The shapes were numerous-disc shaped, cylindrical, spherical, barrel-shaped and segmented.
(v) Some were decorated by incising or painting and some had designs etched onto them.
(vi) Techniques for making beads differcd according to the material. Steatite a very soft stone was easily worked. Carnelian was obtained by firing raw material and beads at various stages of production.
(vii) Nodules were chipped into rough shapes, and then finely flaked into the final form.
(viii) Grinding, polishing and drilling completed the process.
(ix) It is likely that finished products such as beads from Chanhudaro were taken to large urban centres such as Mohenjodaro and Harappa.
